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The above picture was a recent NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (click to enlarge) that shows Comet Lovejoy flying over the Paranal Observatory in Antofagasta, Chile.
We showed you how Lovejoy made its death-defying lap around the Sun, but failed in showing you just how beautiful the comet is. Luckily, the below time lapse video was made that catches not only Lovejoy, but yet another awesome shot of the Milky Way.
Before watching the video, however, I strongly suggest to play it in full screen HD in the darkest room you can find; it really is breathtaking.
Night Time Lapse of Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) rising above the Andes near Santiago de Chile, 23rd December 2011, just before sunrise. Set of 4 sequences taken with different lenses “zooming in” the scene.
12/17/2011
Growing up I always had this thought that if something got even remotely close to the Sun that it would just disintegrate into nothing. I mean, after all, the Sun’s surface is several million degrees.
That was not the case for a newly discovered comet named “Lovejoy”. Scientists tracked the two football field-sized comet as it traveled within 75,000 miles of the Suns surface to slingshot around it. Although the comet was only 10% the size it was before it’s encounter, it still survived only losing it’s tail.
Lovejoy isn’t expected to get that close to the Sun for another 800 to 900 years, so it has plenty of time to regain some of it’s mass and tail.
12/13/2011
Being able to view the Milky Way with any kind of clarity is a sight like no other - being able to get a time lapse video is even better. That is exactly what astrophotographer Harley Grady has been doing the past couple years and the results are astounding. Below is a montage video that brings together many of his videos into something that can only be described as cosmic bliss.
Harley uses the following equipment:
- Canon 5D MK II
- Canon 24-105mm f2.8
- Canon 16-35mm f2.8
If you are interested in how he makes his videos, Harley also posted a quick tutorial on how you can get started.
Harley also won The Royal Observatory’s Best Newcomer Award for his shot titled “Zodiacal Light on the Farm”.
If you are as impressed with his work as I am, be sure and check him out on YouTube, Flicker, and Vimeo.
11/08/2011
Even 518 seems like a lot. I wonder who compiled this number? It would be interesting to see the names and where they are from.
Source:LiveScience
This is nothing that I haven’t already learned from Meteorite Men!
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